Vice President - Finance Transformation & Pricing

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Role purpose:
The Finance Transformation & Pricing Lead is a key leadership role responsible for governing, maintaining and being accountable for Pricing activities of VSOL services. This position requires a robust understanding of pricing mechanics in a service delivery context (ideally in a technology industry) strong analytical skills, and the ability to credibly communicate with business leadership members.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the Pricing Team in executing pricing activities for VSOL
• Review initial billing (pricing x quantity) outputs produced leveraging Pricing models, to assess accuracy, prior to communication with e.g. Finance Business Partners, Billing and FP&A
• Identify, escalate and help solution for key issues blocking pricing activities including e.g. pricing of new services, pricing management of existing services and production of initial billing outputs (pricing x quantity)
• Lead communications around key pricing activities and outputs with business leadership members e.g. Finance, Heads of Service Lines
• Help inform Commercial pricing decisions for services with reference to market trends, competitive landscape, and customer insights.
• Oversee and maintain the Price list, directing the Pricing Team to sup-port Change Requests for revised Price computations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g. service delivery, finance and IT) to align pricing computations/determination with commercial business objectives and help implement strategies
• Provide oversight and governance of pricing input into dependent systems e.g. service management and billing systems, ensuring accuracy and application of the right pricing data
• Monitor the performance of existing pricing models and collaborate with IT to ensure Pricing solutions remain fit-for-purpose.
• Oversee the development of pricing models, tools and processes to sup-port pricing strategy implementation.
   

Must have technical/professional qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• Extended level of experience in a senior pricing role, ideally within a technology industry.
• Strong understanding of pricing methodologies, including value-based pricing, cost-plus pricing, and competitive pricing.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with a high proficiency with Excel.
• Experience with Anaplan is desirable.
• Demonstrated leadership and people management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

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As a result of living and breathing our commitment, our employees have helped us get certified as a Great Place to Work in India for four years running. We have been also highlighted among the Top 5 Best Workplaces for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Top 10 Best Workplaces for Women, Top 25 Best Workplaces in IT & IT-BPM and 14th Overall Best Workplaces in India by the Great Place to Work Institute in 2023. These achievements position us among a select group of trustworthy and high-performing companies which put their employees at the heart of everything they do. By joining us, you are part of our commitment. We look forward to welcoming you into our family which represents a variety of cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and skills!

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

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